I, as an amature IT specialist--that is I administrate my home network--am perpetually perplexed when a system that had previously worked suddenly fails to work, with seemingly no new software to blame the interference on. How does a solid state machine suddenly fail? It's not like it's got belts that wear out, or cogs to loose teeth, or something! Yet certain brands and models of wireless routers definitely seem to have limited lifespans all the same. Are you supposed to rotate the diodes every 2000 gigabytes or something? Really. Ugh. Technology.
I, as a certified aviation electronics engineer and technician--that is I design and build the electronic devices in the airplanes in which you fly--have learned one thing:
Stuff breaks.
All we can do is minimize the occurance of these failures, but they *will* occur. Consumer electronics is like that. Besides, if it didn't break, you wouldn't have to buy more. ;)
Intentional sabotage on the part of the manufacturer in order to induce repeat business is definitely a thought that has crossed my mind when a router of mine has suddenly stopped working :)
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I, as a certified aviation electronics engineer and technician--that is I design and build the electronic devices in the airplanes in which you fly--have learned one thing:
Stuff breaks.
All we can do is minimize the occurance of these failures, but they *will* occur. Consumer electronics is like that. Besides, if it didn't break, you wouldn't have to buy more. ;)
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